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To: raptor22

Ivan’s Sierra II’s are “special” . They only made two, so far as I can tell, since they turned out to be lead pigs. The hulls are titanium which sounds neat but it has a fatal defect in a constant seawater atmosphere. The stuff “pinholes “ right straight thru. Putin might be trying to put a few miles on one before he has to either park it or bottom-fish for it.


30 posted on 11/07/2012 2:18:53 PM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: cherokee1
...since they turned out to be lead pigs.

Could that be because of the boats itself or because of the untrained/inexperienced crews that are manning them. Russians patrol their boats so infrequently that the crews can't be anything but rookies every time they sail.

35 posted on 11/07/2012 3:08:56 PM PST by Tonytitan
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